Chinese Scientist Sentenced to 3-Years for Gene-Editing Fetuses
November 25, 2018. PICTURED: Chinese biomedical researcher Dr. Jiankui He. Photo credit The He Lab. CC 3.0 December 30th,…
Category: Function & Health
Depression And Anxiety In Early Motherhood Linked To Unhealthy Eating Habits In Children
According to the English NHS, one in three children leaving primary school will be obese or overweight. In the…
World’s Largest Microbiome Research Cohort Begins To Reveal The Path To Possible Medical Breakthroughs
PICTURED: The cover to a coffee table book “Hadza” that was released based on research and field notes from…
Should A “Clean Food Act” Be The Day-1 Job For The 2020 Democratic Hopefuls?
PICTURED: Presidential hopeful and representative of Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard smiles for the camera next to Bernard Freeman, an activist…
In Helping His Dad With Diabetes, Young Mexican Chemist Pioneers Extraction Of Natural Sugar Substitute
When 18-year old Javier Larragoiti was told his father had been diagnosed with diabetes, the young man, who had…
New Meta-Analysis Shows “No Health Benefit” To Reducing Red Meat Consumption
According to a new review of the evidence, a team of Spanish and Polish researchers have found that there…
Sauna Use For Longevity, Heart Disease, And Injury Recovery – A Game Changer
PICTURED: An Estonian sauna-bather prepares to enter a traditional sauna on a cold day. Photo Credit by EstonianSaunas from…
Why Do We Take Fish Oil Supplements, And Could There Be Something Better?
EPA and DHA, welcome abbreviations for eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid respectively, are actually that which so many professionals…
Environmental Impacts Of Nutritionally-Sound Plant-Based Diets Compared With Their Meaty Counterparts
Researchers at Bard’s college have examined and compared the environmental impacts of a nutritionally-sound plant-based diet with those of…
Endurance Athletes And Their Lactate-Consuming Athletic Gut Bacteria
There are hypotheses that athletes, particularly endurance athletes can alter their microbiome to include species of bacteria which aid…
Nicotine And Cannabis Bind To The Same Receptor Gene
A gene is a sequence of nucleotides contained in our DNA and RNA which carry the blueprints for the…
We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley
If asked “what is American cuisine,” many people would struggle to come up with anything other than picnic/cookout food,…
Largest Study Of Its Kind Demonstrates That Rural Communities Drive Global BMI Not Cities
The world has seen an increase in the urban-dwelling population over the last 34 years; from about 40% to…
English University Investigates Hunter-Gatherer Style Exercise Pattern As Public Health Initiative
Across the pond, the British National Health Service has given a 2.2 million pound grant to Loughborough University to…
What the USDA Never Told You About Fiber, and Why it May Be Exactly What You Need
Without having any knowledge of the subject, most people understand that fiber is an important part of any fitness-enhancing…
Shattering Temporal Boundaries of “The Self” Key to Living a Long Healthy Life
Over his storied career, Derek Parfit, the English moral philosopher, spent plenty of time waxing poetically about a mode…
MDMA Reactivates Social Reward Systems In Adult Mice
A new study published by Johns Hopkins University concludes that the effect of just a single dose of methylenedioxymethamphetamine…
Sleep Still Works After Another Alzheimer’s Drug Fails In Clinical Trials
Earlier this March, the unfortunate verdict of an independent “futility analysis” has rendered two promising Alzheimer’s drugs ineffectual at…
Ketamine-Based Antidepressant Nasal Spray Approved By The FDA Now Available In Virginia
VIRGINIA, MARCH 20th 2019: Virginia announces the availability of prescription Spravato, a nasal spray of a ketamine-like compound called…
Sleeping on a Problem is Actually a Remarkable Evolutionary Adaptation
According to Dr. Matthew Walker Ph.D, and Professor of Neuroscience at UC Berkeley, Albert Einstein would deliberately take naps…